RE: [Q] need help on SQLplus select "distinct" !!

From: Mercadante, Thomas F <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:15:18 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D0D58.20030923071518@fatcity.com>

Mike,

You really don't need to in-line view for this. I'm also not sure what exactly you are trying to do.

You could:

select distinct employee_id, lname, fname, mi, hiredate from emp

or

select distinct employee_id from emp

what exactly are your trying to get? Distinct employee_id's? Lname's? Fname's? or a combination of all items?

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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I plan to select distinct data from table. anyone has suggestion?

Thanks.

select distinct employee
  from (select employee_id, lname, fname, mi, hiredate , as employee from emp)
SQL>
SQL> /
from (select employee_id, lname, fname, mi, hiredate , as employee from emp)                                                       

    *
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00936: missing expression

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